Discretion and Independent Judgment
•Discretion and independent judgment does not include:
*Applying well-established techniques, procedures or specific standards described in manuals or other sources
*Clerical or secretarial work
*Recording or tabulating data
*Performing mechanical, repetitive, recurrent or routine work
The exercise of discretion and independent judgment must be more than the use of skill in applying well-established techniques, procedures or specific standards described in manuals or other sources.  The exercise of discretion and independent judgment also does not include clerical or secretarial work, recording or tabulating data, or performing other mechanical, repetitive, recurrent or routine work.  For example, an employee who simply tabulates data is not exempt as an administrative employee, even if they are called a “statistician.”